Swansea City have re-Signed Andre Ayew from West Ham United in a club-record deal.<\/p>\n
Ayew has put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half-year contract at the Liberty Stadium after the Swans agreed an undisclosed fee with the Hammers.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old forward returns to Wales having left the Swans to join West Ham for \u00a320.5 million almost 18 months ago.<\/p>\n
His arrival is a major boost for boss Carlos Carvalhal, who has been looking to strengthen his forward line throughout the January transfer window.<\/p>\n
Ayew is a proven Premier League player who finished as the Swans\u2019 12-goal leading scorer in his one previous season at the club.<\/p>\n
The Ghana international, the older brother of Swans frontman Jordan, first moved to SA1 from Marseille in the summer of 2015 on a free transfer.<\/p>\n
He immediately settled into the English game, scoring in his first two Swans appearances, and was an influential part of the team which overcame a difficult first half of the season to finish in mid-table.<\/p>\n
Ayew\u2019s contribution \u2013 his 12 goals came in 35 appearances \u2013 persuaded West Ham to spend big to take him to East London in August 2016.<\/p>\n
He heads back to the Liberty having scored 12 goals in 50 West Ham appearances, 31 of which were starts.<\/p>\n
The versatile forward will wear the No. 19 shirt in his second stint as a Swan.
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\nSource: Swansea City FC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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